Govt urges refugees to return home as humanitarian support declines
KAMPALA: The Government through the Office of the Prime (OPM) has urged refugees to return to their countries as humanitarian funding declines. Speaking at the opening of...
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Claire Nabimanya's Death in Thailand Leaves a Family in Agony and a Trail of Unanswered Questions
Claire Nabimanya left Uganda in May believing she had secured a job as a house-help in Thailand. Three months later, the 22-year-old was dead in a Phuket swimming pool, h...
South Sudan Authorities Demand Release of Two Bodies, One Captive Held in Yumbe for Seven Months
Authorities in South Sudan have demanded the immediate repatriation of the bodies of two of their nationals and the release of a soldier who has been in Ugandan custody s...
Kabira Club ordered to pay Shs 9.4 million to receptionist it sacked for “sleeping on the jobâ€
Kabira Country Club, owned by businessman Sudhir Ruparelia, has been ordered to pay its former receptionist, Robert Elwayu, Shs 9.4 million, after the court found that he...
Returnees Undergo Ideological Training at Kyankwanzi as Officials Plan Business Support
KAMPALA, Uganda — More than 1,000 Ugandans repatriated from South Africa after xenophobic attacks are finding renewed hope through a government rehabilitation prog...
Kubayi says SA not funding voluntary departures as over 50 000 foreigners repatriated, deported
Malawian nationals accounted for the majority followed by Zimbabweans and Mozambicans.IMC migration South Africa foreign nationalsJustice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi. Pictu...
Museveni in Talks With Ramaphosa Over Immigration Attacks
President Museveni is engaging his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa over the recent wave of xenophobic attacks as more than 1,000 Ugandans repatriated from South...
Exodus — more than 53,000 repatriated and deported from SA during anti-foreigner protests
The vast majority of those deported or repatriated were Malawians, followed by Zimbabweans and Mozambicans. As of Wednesday, 8 July, a total of 50,280 nationals from thos...
Kenya Launches Emergency Repatriation Programme for Citizens Fleeing Anti-Foreigner Violence in South Africa
The Kenyan government has launched an emergency repatriation programme to bring home citizens caught in the rising tide of anti-foreigner hostility sweeping parts of Sout...
Actress Sally Bwamimpeke’s body returned home
The remains of celebrated Ugandan actress Sally Elizabeth Bwamimpeke have finally been returned home, weeks after her death in Canada following a battle with breast cance...